Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday evening that Tehran needs nuclear capabilities to advance medicine and science, and that it has no need for a nuclear weapon, according to Iranian media. The statement reiterates the regime's longstanding public position of non-weaponization even as it develops advanced enrichment capacity.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday evening that Tehran needs nuclear capabilities to advance medicine and science, and that it has no need for a nuclear weapon. The remarks, reported by Iranian media, restate the regime's public position of non-weaponization while Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels, according to the IAEA.
As The Zioneer has reported, Pezeshkian has made similar statements in the past, most recently describing the U.S.-Iran agreement as a "great victory" and saying Iran committed in writing not to build a nuclear bomb. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly stated that Israel will prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons "with or without a deal."
The statement does not address Iran's enrichment levels or the status of the emerging U.S.-Iran agreement framework. IAEA inspectors continue to report uranium enrichment to 60% purity at Iran's Fordow and Natanz facilities — a level with no civilian medical use.
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